Season 8; Episode: 77: Are we being concierge parents to our children? Tips and tools for parenting competent & confident children!

I am delighted to welcome you to Episode #77 of SEASON 8 of 'Sharing Life Lessons'.  A podcast that brings you stories from around the world to have fun with and to learn from because stories inspire, stories teach and stories heal!!. We are one spirit; one soul and together we are creating a library of stories and life lessons.

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The target audience for this episode is EVERYONE; especially parents who want to learn about parenting confident children.

Our guest for today is Katrina Wurm.  Katrina is the passion behind Stress Free Super Mum. She works with mothers to help them bring organisation and structure into their homes so that they have time for true self care. You can learn more about what she does at www.stressfreesupermum.com

These are my Key Takeaways from my dialogue with Katrina today:

1. Are we being concierge parents to our children? Such as they ask and we get it done for them? Why can’t our children cook one time a week? Why can’t our children do their own laundry and folding? Or help clean the bathroom?

2. In the first few days at an internship or at a job, if your child is given a task to do, he/she should be confident about knowing to break it down into steps and completing it because you have taught them at home to break a bigger task like following a recipe to cook a dish into smaller steps to complete that task. What we have done as parents by training them in such a manner is to take away the feeling of overwhelm when they are exposed to complex tasks in college or at work.

3. Finally, we have so much pressure on us to parent children in today's world. Think about when is the last time you stopped and did something that brings you joy or fills your heart up? If we're living what we love or we find time in our week to do something that lights us up, you know who's watching? You are role modeling for your children, you're showing your sons and daughters that even in their busy lives, they are allowed to have joy in their lives.

I will bring you the next episode of Sharing Life Lessons next Wednesday.  Until then, 'be happy, be safe and be blessed'.

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